If you haven’t played Death Stranding yet, there’s a good chance you’re at the very least curious about it. You may, however, be reluctant to pay full-price. Fortunately, UK store Monster Shop is on hand with the best offer we’ve seen yet for the Kojima Productions developed PlayStation 4 console exclusive: £34.99. Yes, we realise this is the price you used to be able to pay for brand new titles in previous generations, but we suppose nothing gold can stay.
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We loved auteur Hideo Kojima’s independent debut in our review: "Following years of mysterious anticipation, Death Stranding delivers on all fronts. An accomplished, fascinating set of gameplay mechanics allow you to make deliveries the way you want to, while social features let the game live on once you've put the controller down. It may become slightly tiresome as you hit the halfway mark, but the phenomenal narrative is on hand to pick things back up again and its outstanding visuals are the cherry on top. Death Stranding doesn’t raise the bar for any particular genre, it creates an entirely new one."
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I don't reckon I'd play this even if it was gifted to me. I know it's highly regarded by many but I know my own tastes and just know that I wouldn't enjoy it.
34.99 last generation? Really? I was paying 50 sovs in the early 90's for Golden Axe on the megadrive when it first come out. I remember cos i had to choose between a game and dixons 5 year guarantee..i chose the guarantee
@ApostateMage funnily enough I had this conversation in work today. I told 2 of my work colleagues to buy it and 2 of them to avoid it. You have to meet the game halfway and buy into it.
@JonnyMack should of bought an Amiga games were £10-£25.
This game is insane, I'm on Episode 8 and I'm loving it.
@JonnyMack Exactly, I think Megadrive Street Fighter 2 was £60! Bit of a jump from the C64, where you could get a game on tape in WH Smiths for £1.99...
@Arugula My experience was the same, was enjoying it early on but got boring pretty quickly. Ups and downs and mainly just finished it for the story which wasn't even that good.
Interesting experience but like you said forgettable, finished the game in time to return it for a refund at least.
After a quick detour via The Outer Worlds which I played in its entirety over the weekend and absolutely loved, I’m throwing myself back into DS and loving every minute. Quick thank you to all porters who make my day that bit easier!
Been playing this since launch, about 130 hours invested in it and I have to say, ever since finishing the story the game has found a whole new meaning, at least to me.
Call me a Kojima fanboy, as many do now every time anyone praises Death Stranding, but the game really redeems itself. All the mysteries that people kept wondering about are answered by the time the credits roll, although it take a little more than watching cutscenes to know the full extent of the story with every detail. (Reading Interviews and Mails) The gameplay is also one of a kind, call it a walking sim, dunno what's wrong with walking sims, but even if this is one then it's the best one ever made.
What I'm doing here isn't trying to sell the game, but just opening eyes about it, because Death Stranding can't be shown/seen. You have to experience it and you have to go in with interest. If you're into Sci-Fi it's definitely at least worth a try.
It's a unique experience and it breaks my heart that I see it hated or ignored so much on the media. I know there's a lot of players online everyday. For me it's the ultimate video game, people say he should've made it as a movie but Death Stranding as a movie wouldn't have any impact. So yeah, I'll call it a masterpiece. A different kind of masterpiece that is much more demanding than other games.
(Sorry for the long post, I just cannot shut up when talking about this game)
Anyone familiar with this Monster Shop? Website looks a tad dodgy to me ("Black Friday deals are coming soon" Isn't that today?).
hmm.. i remember games costing 50 euros brand new day 1 back in 2005. At least that's when I finally got PS2 with Destroy all Humans (love that game even today). Then they shifted the price to 60 euros in around 2010. Now it is mostly 65-70 euros, but some new titles still sell at 60 if you buy them not in digital stores. That's why I still grab most of my games from Argos.
Death stranding is a mixture of something like minecraft with the crafting and building it's also story heavy but at its core you've gotta enjoy the gameplay loop as it's very open ended on giving you a lot of freedom to play it how you want. Sometimes it's fun just to raid the mule camps or just hunt bt's if the grind of delivering gets a bit much.
@Ristar24 Showing your age there mate
@YozenFroghurt Thank you! finally, someone who sees beyond the pixels.
I totally agree with the part about "backlogs of throwaway products" that certainly describes a big chunk of the gaming community these days. I'm not trying to dictate people how to enjoy their lives or games but a short pause to appreciate the value of these games never hurts.
I think if we want other people to take video games more seriously as a medium for storytelling, we should start from ourselves. The constant hate and trolling a lot of games get are undeserved. We have to stop and think that perhaps there's at least one thing a certain game does good and that might be enough.
@Sam-Bridges @Yozenfroghurt You both put across my sentiments in way I struggle. I agree that far too many play games to just dispose of them later, we like to criticize companies when they treat games as product but then many pretty much do the same.
@AdamNovice Well said.
Too many are my own friends who jump from one game to another. To be honest, they surprise me to an extent. I sometimes find myself finishing a game and then not finding the urge to return to that game or any other for a few days.
But I'm glad that as time goes on, we can educate gamers into more intelligent people who truly find meaning in this medium.
A steal for such a masterpiece.
@stupidget Ha yeah, old enough to recall 'Rat Rapping' Console games always seemed bloomin' expensive!
@Ristar24 When I got my Megadrive I was amazed at how expensive the games were. I'm pretty sure they were 30-40 quid and considering I was on a YTS scheme at the time getting 40 quid a week I had to save up to buy games. Oh woe was me
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